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www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/long-term-care/resource/ontime/fallspx/reportguide.html
November 01, 2017 - within the last 7 days. … within the last 7 days. … 5 days
7 days
10 days
14 days
The correct answer to question #2 is “b,” 7 days. … 14 days
5 days
7 days
10 days
The correct answer to question #2 is “c,” within 7 days of the … Shift: Days, Evenings, Nights .
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevehosp-reports-ig.pdf
November 30, 2013 - ED Visits Within Last 90 Days. … 8-30 days
31-90 days
If no ED visits occurred in the past 90 days, the field is blank. … 8-30 days
31-90 days
If no hospitalizations have occurred in the past 90 days, the field … How many had ED visits within 3 days? 30
days? … For the prior 7 days c.
For the prior 14 days d.
ANSWER: a
4.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/cauti-ltc/modules/resources/tools/cauti-surveillance/data-definitions.pdf
March 01, 2017 - Resident Days
• Every day a resident (with or without a catheter) is in your
facility = one resident … cluster of
signs and symptoms, lab reports, and the presence of
a catheter for more than 2 consecutive days … are found
together
• A CAUTI event might continue for days or even weeks, but
it is counted only once … each consecutive day
• Note that a resident may have multiple CAUTI events in
one month
Catheter Days … During the
midnight census the data
to the right are collected:
Resident Days with
Catheter
1 30
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/duration/chipra-155-section-2-sas-data.pdf
June 02, 2025 - %macro month(month,days … );
if month_&month > &days then month_&month=&days;
any_days_&month=(month_&month > 0);
covered … _&month=(month_&month ge &days/2);
days_out_&month=&days-month_&month;
if chip_flag_&month=3 then … do;
covered_&month=1;
any_days_&month=1;
month_&month=&days;
days_out_&month=0;
end;
%mend
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/pruprev/functspecs.pdf
March 22, 2014 - Loss in Prior 90 Days
o ≥10% Weight Loss in Prior 180 Days
3.3.4.6. … If two weights are the same distance from 90 (−5 days or +5 days), select
the lower weight. … If two weights are the same distance from 30 (−5 days or +5 days), select
the lower weight. … divide by Weight 30 Days Prior. … in 90 days.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/CDI-one-page.pdf
November 01, 2019 - consistent with CDI should not be treated for CDI
• 30% of patients have recurrent CDI within 30 days … age; reasonable to not test infants younger than
2 years of age
o Do not repeat testing within 7 days … dose PO 4 times a day or vancomycin (10 mg/kg/dose
PO 3 times a day; max dose 500 mg/dose) for 10 days … times a day for severe colitis;
vancomycin 500 mg PO/NG 4 times per day for fulminant colitis for 10 days … also be administered via rectum as a retention enema,
along with metronidazole intravenously for 10 days
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/ASB-UTI-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - Moment 4: Duration
17
Drug Duration Studied
Nitrofurantoin 5 days
TMP/SMX 3 days
Cefaclor 5 days … Cefpodoxime 3 days
Cephalexin 7 days
Cefdinir 5 days
ASB and UTI
AHRQ Safety Program for … Moment 4: Duration
Fluoroquinolones: 5–7 days total
therapy
TMP/SMX: 10–14 days total
therapy
Oral … Comparison of ciprofloxacin (7 days) and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (14 days) for acute uncomplicated … Ciprofloxacin for 7 days versus 14 days in women with acute pyelonephritis: a randomised, open-label
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/best-practices/gastro-slides.pptx
November 01, 2019 - RCT in which patients were randomized at day 4 to stop therapy or continue for 3 more days showed 94% … vs 96% cure at one month8
Complicated:5,9
Medical management: suggest 5–10 days based on clinical … or up to 10 days (median was 8) of antibiotic therapy after source control10
Primary outcome: surgical … Time to diagnosis of
recurrent intra-abdominal
process:
11 vs. 15 days
16
From N Eng J Med, Sawyer … Median 15 days
Short course 6–10 days
Median 8 days
Propensity score matching
resulted in 385 well
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/cusp/cauti-interim/cauti-interim4b.html
July 01, 2013 - Catheter Utilization Ratio During Baseline (BL) and Post-Baseline (P) Collection Periods – (Catheter Days … /Patient Days)
Note: n's represent the total number of reporting units for corresponding collection … Ratio During Baseline (BL) and Post-Baseline (P) Collection Periods – By Cohort Status – (Catheter Days … /Patient Days)
Note: n's represent the total number of reporting units for corresponding cohorts … /Patient Days)
Note: n's represent the total number of reporting units for corresponding bed sizes
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/chronic/chipra-148-section-2-tech-specs.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Negative
Medication
History
A period of 120 days (4 months) prior to the IPSD when the member had … Continuous
enrollment
120 days (4 months) prior to the IPSD through 30 days after the IPSD. … Members must be continuously enrolled for 120
days (4 months) prior to the IPSD through 30 days after … with or without
a telehealth modifier (Telehealth Modifier Value Set) in the 121-day period from 90
days … prior to the IPSD through 30 days after the IPSD.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/intervention-worksheet.pdf
June 01, 2021 - o Metrics to consider tracking over time include:
Number of antibiotic starts per 1,000 resident days … Days of antibiotic therapy per 1,000 resident days
Median length of antibiotic therapy
Use … of guideline-concordant antibiotics
Clostridioides difficile LabID events per 10,000 resident days … data for both the numerator (e.g., number of antibiotic starts) and
the denominator (e.g., resident days
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/long-term-care/one-pager-clostridioides-difficile.pdf
June 01, 2021 - − Do not repeat testing within 7 days.
− Do not perform tests of cure. … Oral vancomycin (125 mg orally [PO] 4 times a day) or fidaxomicin (200 mg PO 2 times a day) for
10 days … vancomycin or fidaxomicin is limited, consider oral metronidazole (500 mg PO 3
times a day) for 10 days … OR tapered oral vancomcyin (125 mg PO 4 times a day for 10–14 days, 2 times
per day for 7 days, 1 time … per day for 7 days, every 2–3 days for 2–8 weeks).
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/pqmp/measures/acute/chipra-207-section-7-table-13.pdf
June 02, 2025 - Readmission Rates Stratified by Special Healthcare Needs Status by Year
Readmission 7 Days
Rate (CL … )
Readmission 14 Days
Rate (CL)
Readmission 30 Days
Rate (CL)
Readmission 90 Days
Rate (CL) … Readmission 365 Days
Rate (CL)
1995
Healthy 0.016 (0.014-0.018) 0.021 (0.018-0.023) 0.031 (0.028
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/prevhosp/prevhospitalvisits-funcspecs_0.pdf
August 01, 2017 - Count the number of ED visits within
0-7 days of report date and display
sum total.
2 8-30 days ( … Count the number of ED visits within
8-30 days of report date and display
sum total.
3 31-90 days … Count the number of admissions
within 0-7 days of report date and
display sum total.
7 8-30 days … Count the number of admissions
within 8-30 days of report date and
display sum total.
8 31-90 days … IF “Hospital Admission History <30
Days” OR “Hospital Admission History
31-90 Days” contains a count
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/mvp/modules/vae/monitoring-vae-slides.pptx
January 01, 2017 - Increases hospital length of stay by 14 days
Impact of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia4,7-12
4. … The change is maintained or worsens for ≥ 2 days.
Is this a VAC? … The change is maintained or worsens for ≥ 2 days.
Is this a VAC?
YES!
This is a VAC! … The change is maintained or worsens for ≥ 2 days.
Is this a VAC? … The change is maintained or worsens for ≥ 2 days.
Is this a VAC?
YES!
This is a VAC!
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/secola-report.pdf
January 01, 2024 - Results: There were two CVC-related BSIs/682 catheter days in the EU group (2.94/1000 catheter days) … versus three CVC-related BSIs/900 catheter days in the CU group (3.33/1000 catheter days; P = 0.63). … days
per admission. … Monthly rates of CVC-related BSIs per 1000 catheter days were recorded by unit. … on the unit and reported as BSIs per 1000 days with 95% CIs.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/policymakers/chipra/factsheets/fullreports/chipra-132-scd-section-2.pdf
October 01, 2013 - with a newborn screen positive for sickle cell disease (SCD) who received
confirmatory testing by 90 days … of age, with results of confirmatory testing communicated by 120 days of
age. … Numerators
Testing Eligible children who received confirmatory testing ≤90 days of age. … Results Eligible children with results of confirmatory testing communicated ≤120 days of
age. … Exclusions
Children who died within 120 days of birth.
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/systems/long-term-care/resources/ontime/fallsprev/ontimefallspxspecs.pdf
February 01, 2018 - days of
report date, then display X. … If J1700 A = 1 and MDS A2300 <7 days
of report date, then display X.
25 HREC 3B (Fall 31-180 Days … 31-180 days of
report date, then display X. … New Contributing
Risk Factor
Within 7 Days Additional Information Within 30 Days Injury Totals … Date The system determine days of week
from fall date.
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www.ahrq.gov/hai/tools/mvp/modules/technical/sat-sbt-protocol.html
January 01, 2017 - AHRQ Safety Program for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Introduction
Reducing the number of days … A protocol using coordinated SAT and SBT can significantly reduce the number of days patients are on … Girard et al. showed that when paired, the SAT and SBT reduced the number of days patients were on mechanical … confidence interval 0.7–5.6; p=0.02), with a concomitant reduction in the length of hospital stay (4.0 days
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www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/antibiotic-use/ambulatory-care/uti-guide.docx
September 01, 2022 - If prescribing nitrofurantoin, 5 days is generally sufficient. … For trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, 3 days is sufficient. … In randomized controlled trials, 7 days of ciprofloxacin and 5 days of 750 mg of levofloxacin have been … and 10 days for oral cephalosporins may be sufficient. … susceptibility results are available within 2–3 days.